HADDONFIELD, N.J.
(AP) — The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al Qaeda member
from Buena Borough who's
accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen.

FBI
spokesman Rich Wolf in Baltimore confirmed Thursday that the agency is
looking into the case of 26-year-old Sharif Mobley but wouldn't comment further.

WMGM-TV in Atlantic City
quoted "federal sources" as saying Mobley is
the man accused of shooting two guards over the weekend in a Yemeni
hospital where he was being held prisoner. One of the guards died, and
the suspect was caught after a chase.

Mobley's mother told WMGM that FBI agents visited her and that the accusations
are false.

Security and hospital officials in Yemen told The
Associated Press over the weekend that an al-Qaida prisoner receiving
treatment in the Republican Hospital in San'a attacked the guards while
trying to escape.

Hospital officials said the patient snatched a
gun from one of his guards, shot at them and fled. Security forces
chased the prisoner and apprehended him. Their smoke grenades set a
small fire in the hospital.

The officials spoke on condition of
anonymity Sunday because they were not authorized to speak to
journalists.

The West has expressed concern about the growing
al-Qaida presence in Yemen.